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Dec 19, 2018

Smart Justice is ready to push for progress on criminal justice reform.

Governor-elect Ned Lamont's criminal justice policy committee released a strong roadmap to move our state in a safer, fairer, and freer direction during the first 100 days of 2019. Smart Justice is ready to...

ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut CT leaders at criminal justice reform meeting in Hartford

Nov 14, 2018

A Smart Justice Agenda for Connecticut’s new Government

Connecticut voters want our state to realize its potential to end mass incarceration and eliminate racial disparities in the justice system. Smart Justice is ready to make sure Connecticut’s new governor-...

ACLU Smart Justice CT Anderson Curtis and Gus Marks Hamilton rally in Hartford

Oct 18, 2018

The City of Hartford’s police contract bargained for a “trigger happy” sergeant

Last month, the City of Hartford launched a public relations campaign to try to manage the fallout from a video in which then-Sergeant Stephen Barone, a police department manager, threatened a group of...

By Melvin Medina

Sep 28, 2018

Will politicians stand with 87 percent of Connecticut voters?

Smart Justice has been rallying around the state with one message: Connecticut voters want smarter justice policies now, and political leaders need to sit up, pay attention, and listen to formerly...

By Sandy LoMonico

Smart Justice has been rallying around the state with one message: Connecticut voters want smarter justice policies now, and political leaders need to sit up, pay attention, and listen to formerly...

By Sandy LoMonico

ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut rallies outside the CT governor debate at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford

Sep 26, 2018

Connecticut should adopt smarter justice policies for a stronger economy

Connecticut faces an enormous decision about the direction of its economic future. Yet as politicians pitch visions about their plans for prosperity, most are not talking about the staggering financial toll...

By Gus Marks-Hamilton

Gus Marks-Hamilton ACLU of Connecticut / ACLU-CT Smart Justice field organizer

Aug 10, 2018

Why does Connecticut need a better, smarter justice system?

"Families. Society. Economics." In the second of a two-part series of interviews, Anderson Curtis and Tiheba Williams-Bain answer one question: why is it important to end mass incarceration and dismantle...